Welcome to Mark’s Diaries, the thrilling day to day account of my life a bass player as I work my way into and through the professional ranks confronting all the realities of life along the way. The hustles for gigs, the forming of bands, the auditions. And sometimes just doing what needs to be done to make sure the rent keeps getting paid. It’s all here. The letdowns that make you want to scream and the triumphs that make you say, yes, you were right to dream. This is a real time document, often written during the very events depicted. As a result it is alive with uncertainty, immediacy, excitement, ecstasy, and yes, sometimes fear. But always hope, as we get up and go again. We begin with the world record breaking 100 hour non-stop jam at the Blues Kitchen in Camden and my part at the very centre of it. Then we’ll go all the way back to where it began in 2014. On Spain’s Costa Blanca, travelling south from Madrid where I’d first said, ‘To hell with all this. I’m going to make it as a professional bass player.’ And then…
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